#229 - The attacker

But even with concerns in his heart, Mr. Immortal couldn't possibly desert his post, especially since it was a live broadcast with several cameras pointed at him. If he ran, he could forget about staying in this country.

He glanced at the clueless teenagers beside him, and Mr. Immortal sighed. If these kids weren't afraid, he, an old fossil who had lived for hundreds of years, couldn't hold them back. Besides, with his near-immortal regenerative abilities, there was no reason to be afraid of anything in this world.

After coming to this realization, Mr. Immortal had Squirrel Girl contact the support staff to come and take away the injured. There might be a big battle coming up, and once it started, they wouldn't be able to take care of these ordinary people. It would be bad if they were affected.

"Support staff will arrive in about five minutes," Eileen said after finishing the call.

"Do we wait for them?" Robbie asked from the side, but the anxiety in his eyes betrayed him.

There was no way around it; he finally had a good opportunity, and Robbie didn't want it to slip away, or all his efforts would be for nothing. But Robbie couldn't rush things openly with the cameras still rolling.

Mr. Immortal pondered for a moment and said, "No need. Since the culprit only stunned them, there's no reason for them to return to harm them a second time. Dividing our forces might fall into their trap, allowing them to defeat us separately. We continue forward, and we absolutely cannot split up."

"Roger!" the group replied, especially Robbie, whose mouth was practically splitting into a grin.

Under Mr. Immortal's leadership, the New Warriors advanced steadily, remaining vigilant.

Meanwhile, the culprit, Yang Le, was calmly observing the New Warriors' every move in the monitoring room, but he was just watching, with no intention of attacking.

Almost half an hour passed before the New Warriors finally reached the top-floor laboratory. Yang Le knew it was time for him to act, and he disappeared from the monitoring room.

Robbie felt like today might be the worst day of his life. As they went deeper, they encountered many unconscious ordinary people, but they just couldn't find the culprit. They were almost at the last floor, and if a villain didn't pop out soon, he would be bored to death, not to mention the audience.

The other members felt more or less the same as Robbie, with some small frustrations. If there weren't so many people who had been knocked out along the way, they would have thought they were being tricked.

Only Mr. Immortal remained calm, constantly observing his surroundings. After all, he was someone who had lived for hundreds of years, and his mental fortitude was not something young people like Robbie could compare to.

"Rustle."

A rustling sound came, and it didn't escape the ears of the vigilant Mr. Immortal. He raised his hand, signaling everyone to stop and carefully observe their surroundings.

Seeing the situation, the members of the New Warriors perked up.

"Rustle."

Another rustling sound came, and this time it couldn't escape Squirrel Girl Eileen's ears. She immediately pointed to the front and whispered, "It's in the room ahead."

Mr. Immortal was about to assign tasks when Robbie took the lead and opened the door.

'Crap!' Mr. Immortal's pupils shrank. The door in front was clearly the laboratory's security door. Generally speaking, it shouldn't be possible to open it without a keycard or something, but Robbie opened it so easily, which was clearly abnormal.

Originally, he wanted to go ahead to see if there were any dangers, but Robbie's rash action ruined his plan, which could put everyone in danger.

'I must give Robbie a good scolding later.' Mr. Immortal gritted his teeth. Now was definitely not the time to reprimand Robbie, so he had no choice but to follow him.

Seeing Mr. Immortal move, the others naturally followed. Everyone entered the laboratory together.

Unlike the bright corridor outside, the laboratory was dark, as if someone had deliberately done it.

Robbie grinned, feeling that his moment of glory was today.

"Thwack!" "Ouch!"

Robbie covered his head and turned back, seeing Mr. Immortal's serious face.

"There won't be a next time," Mr. Immortal said sternly. It was only because Robbie's abilities could protect him that Mr. Immortal could be so gentle. If it had been someone else, Mr. Immortal wouldn't have been so lenient.

Robbie scratched his head, understanding Mr. Immortal's meaning, and quickly nodded in agreement. The other party was his captain and one of the Five Greats; Robbie wasn't qualified to give him attitude.

Mr. Immortal glared at Robbie again before looking at Eileen, and just as he was about to ask a question, an unexpected event occurred.

'Whoosh!'

Night Thrasher heard the sound of something cutting through the air, and just as he was about to react, he felt something wrap around his feet. Immediately afterward, a tremendous force lifted him upside down.

"Wah!"

Night Thrasher cried out, immediately attracting the attention of the others. When they turned around, they only saw Night Thrasher hanging upside down in mid-air.

"Namora!" Mr. Immortal quickly reminded Namora, who was standing to the side. She was the only one who could fly here.

"Leave it to me!" Namora agreed, and the wings at her ankles opened as she flew towards Night Thrasher in mid-air.

However, the rescue definitely wouldn't be so simple. Several more sounds of air being cut rang out, and several black figures quickly attacked Namora in mid-air. Namora had no choice but to retreat and dodge. After all, Namora wasn't a greenhorn; as she dodged, she got closer and closer to Night Thrasher in the air.

Night Thrasher didn't sit still and wait for death. He pulled out his blade and slashed at the thing wrapped around his feet, only to find that it was exceptionally tough, and his specially made blade couldn't cut through it.

Seeing Namora getting closer and closer to Night Thrasher, the thing wrapped around Night Thrasher actually slammed Night Thrasher directly into Namora. The latter was caught off guard and hit directly, and the two of them fell to the ground together, destroying a lot of equipment.

"Namora! Night Thrasher!" Eileen shouted worriedly.

"I'm fine!" The Atlantean's super physique prevented her from being injured by such a small matter. She immediately got up. As for Night Thrasher, although he was just an ordinary person, he was wearing a special battle suit, and with Namora as a cushion, he wasn't injured either, and he also got up.

Mr. Immortal stared at the twisted things, because the room was dark, he couldn't see the real identity of the attackers, which undoubtedly added a lot of difficulty to the upcoming battle.

But he didn't expect that the twisted things would actually wrap around each other under his nose, slowly piecing together a human figure, but it was still too dark, and Mr. Immortal could only see a few faint white lights on the other party's body.

At this time, the Mykete who had been silent all the time found the power switch for the laboratory. As he pressed the switch, the laboratory was instantly filled with light.

The members of the New Warriors were finally able to see the true face of the attacker. The attacker was actually... a... mummy!?